There are some words in the English language that convey profound meaning through their sheer ambiguity. Assclown is one of them.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Banana Anyone?

This is what I mean when I say things like corporate campaign contributions (and public stupidity) have rendered the American public impotent at the voting booth. Currently, we have a newly minted Democratic majority in Congress. Yet, the petroleum oligolopy is confident enough in its purchased power to undertake some of its most blatant gouging ever. The following chart shows the monthly, averaged price changes from Jan 2006 to the present of both crude oil and regular gasoline in the US. The price gap shown for May 2007 is pure profit. When prices went up last May, the oil companies blamed increased crude prices. This year they don't bother because we're already trained.